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Debuting in August 2010, ''Swamp People'' is a [[The History Channel|History Channel]] [[Reality TV|Reality Show]] that details the life and times of various Cajun dwellers in different sectors of the Atchafalaya River Basin swamp in Louisiana during one specific and important time of the year for them: Alligator season. Using their own wits, experience, equipment and luck, the hunters are on a race to bag enough alligators to net themselves enough money for their yearly income and be rid of the beasts before the population explodes and threatens locals. But that's not to say that the show is all serious business. In between the hunting and history lessons, the swamp has its own share of side-stories, oddities, and other various activities.
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Two separate seasons have aired so far, with the third one currently airing.
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* [[Badass]]: Pretty much everyone. You just get used to these people being able to haul half-ton alligators out of the water and wrestle with them on the end of a line.
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Shown to happen often due to various circumstances against the hunters, from forgotten equipment, to a mess-up on the boat, to poachers.
* [[Catch Phrase]] / [[Insistent Terminology]]: "Quarter-sized kill spot."
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* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]]: Leading from the Downer Ending mentioned above, often it has the depressed hunter at one of the local bars in their area.
* [[Jack of All Trades]]: Besides alligators, some episodes have the hunters going out in other hunting trades, like hunting snakes, frogs, or wild boars.
* [[Jerkass]]: R.J. and Jay Paul show some shades of this in season seven. They take tags in Troy's territory basically just to jam a thumb in his eye, and are gleeful about every gator they catch that they're denying him.
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: On May 14 2012, Mitchell Guist, one of the locals at the swamp (Who with his brother Glenn, were regulars in Season 2 and 3) died in an accident. It is unknown how the rest of the season will proceed without him.
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: Though the shown has made it clear that alligator hunting is dangerous, special mention goes to one hunter, Terral Evans, who catches alligators...at night, and with his bare hands.
* [[Like Father, Like Son]]: Since the Cajuns have resided in the swamp for more than a generation, it is natural. Examples include: Troy Landry & his son Jacob (Along with Troy's own father Pappy), Junior Edwards & his son Willie, "Trapper" Joe Lafond & his stepson Tommy, and R.J. Molinere Jr & his son Jay Paul.
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Apart from the hunters, there is also the hunters' boat crew, families, etc.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: The Landrys consider RJ and Jay Paul taking 40 tags in Troy's territory to be this... especially since RJ did it basically just to stick a thumb in Troy's eye, in what was already looking to be a slim season.
* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: It's doubtful that History Channel would be so eager to make a show about deer hunters. Since it's alligators most people aren't going to be all that bothered.
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Though some of the wives and friends of the hunters have been featured in the show, Liz Cavalier, Troy Landry's sharpshooter in Season 2 (Branching off on her own in Season 3), is the only female hunter in the show.
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